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By age 12 Bob Perry was one of the best bowlers in the country. He was set to compete at the World's Fair in 1964 in Queens. Two days before, Bob was hit in the face with a mallet and crushed the side of his head. He lost permanent vision in his left eye. Bob trained himself to bowl with one eye and by 18 has was bowling at a 220 average, an average that was unheard of in 1970. Follow Bob Perry's rollercoaster career though the Mafia and drugs, with an in-depth look at one of bowling's finest.
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Этот фильм посвящен событиям 1925 года в Дейтоне, штат Теннесси, когда школьный учитель был осужден за преподавание эволюционной теории, что в то время было запрещено. Несмотря на моральную победу адвоката (ранее протестовавшего против такого запрета) в этих дебатах, учитель был осужден и приговорен к штрафу в 100 долларов.
Man (uncredited)
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Желая начать новую жизнь после возвращения с войны, городской пижон Боб покупает фермерское угодье с большими планами на развитие-взращивание кур и последующей продажей яиц. Правда, своими планами он не поделился со своей новоиспеченной супругой, городской штучкой Бэтти. У молодых разные взгляды на ферму, которая на самом деле требует больших усилий, чтобы превратиться в место, пригодное для жилья и ведения бизнеса. Боб и Бэтти знакомятся со своими соседями, среди которых Бэтти ждет настоящее испытание для терпения: гламурная соседка Харриет Путнэм определенно имеет виды на Боба.
Dealer
История менеджера игорного клуба в Нью-Йорке, который после двух связанных с клубом убийств оказывается в центре сложной интриги с участием своего криминального босса, полицейского инспектора и двух влюблённых в него женщин.
Timekeeper
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
Stunts
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
Toupee (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
Miner
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Miner
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.
Referee (uncredited)
В центре истории соперничающие репортеры Сэм и Тесс, которые влюбляются в друг друга и женятся. Однако брак совершенно не успокаивает их накаленные отношения…
Noodle's Henchman (uncredited)
Karanina "Nina" Novak, is befriended by Nifty, the leader of a four-piece orchestra, and in return, secures an engagement for them at the Little Aregal Cafe, with herself as the vocalist, by pretending she once knew the King or Aregal back in the old country. Steve shows up pretending to be the King of Aregal, and complicates the growing romance between Nina and Nifty. When Steve runs off with Opa, the real King of Aregal (also Steve) appears and complicates things again.
Officer (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Paddy
История интернациональной команды груженного боеприпасами парохода «Гленкэрн», который в начале второй мировой войны в одиночку, без кораблей военного эскорта отправился из США в Англию.
Hotel Porter
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
Townsman at Pay Window
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
Bluebell Bartender
Элли Мэй Адамс живет в пользующемся дурной славой районе города вместе с матерью, подрабатывающей проституцией, отцом - пьяницей, младшей сестрой и бабушкой. Она влюбляется в трудолюбивого и амбициозного молодого человека Эда Уоллеса из благопристойного района. Элли скрывает от него своё происхождение. Молодые люди женятся, но когда Эд обнаруживает правду, их брак оказывается под угрозой.
Hoke, Officer
Экранизация одноименного романа Редьярда Киплинга.
Henchman
A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.
Casino Doorman
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
Guard Shooting Machine Gun (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Fight Referee (uncredited)
In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's restaurant, Maxie arranges a boxing match between the reluctant waiter and the champ.
Referee (uncredited)
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Bald Legionnaire (uncredited)
Центральным персонажем этой истории является Майкл по прозвищу «Красавчик», самый старший из трех братьев, которых воспитывает дальняя родственница леди Брэндон. Когда драгоценный камень сапфир, известный под названием «Голубая вода», вдруг пропадает в комнате, где присутствовали только члены семьи, подозрение падает на «Красавчика» и он утром покидает отчий дом и Великобританию, чтобы присоединиться к французскому Иностранному легиону, воюющему в Северной Африке. Туда же устремились за старшим и младшие. Уходя из дома, каждый из них оставил записку и каждый брал вину на себя.
Bud - a Gangster (uncredited)
Заключенный в тюрьму за убийство после написания статьи о коррупции, репортер Френк Росс уверен, что сможет доказать свою невиновность и выйти на свободу. Но не так работает система тюрьмы «Роки Пойнт».
Охрана жестока, работа на мельнице джута нескончаема, а силы, с которыми Росс боролся на свободе, намерены надолго удержать его за решеткой. Вера Френка поколебалась, и он начинает сдаваться…
Juryman
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Man at Gym Gate (uncredited)
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
Convict (uncredited)
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Cawley - Jack's Handler (uncredited)
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Gary (uncredited)
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
Waiter
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
Truck Driver (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Seaman (Uncredited)
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
Norris' Henchman
A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out.
Hobo
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
Man Getting Shoeshine (uncredited)
Джеймс О’Мэлли проходит путь от супер-правильного полицейского, дотошно следующего букве закона, до человека, способного сопереживать проблемам окружающих. А помогает ему в этом маленькая дочка недавно арестованного им парня…
Escort Guard
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Bob (Doorman) (uncredited)
Во время Великой Депрессии некая игра заносит богатую, избалованную, но очаровательную Айрин Буллок, а также ее стервозную сестру Корнелию к городской свалке, где они встречают бездомного Годфри. Встреча заканчивается тем, что Айрин нанимает его дворецким. Работая у нее, он выясняет, что Буллоки — воплощение праздных, своенравных и избалованных богачей. Вскоре Айрин влюбляется в своего «протеже», однако он чувствует, что роман между слугой и хозяйкой невозможен, независимо от таинственного прошлого Годфри…
Stunts
В 1848 году на лесопилке Саттера в Калифорнии нашли золото. Началась Золотая Лихорадка. Страну наводнили американские проходимцы, жадные до быстрой наживы. Проживавшим в Калифорнии мексиканцам пришлось несладко. Их сгоняли с родных земель, грабили, убивали. Когда несчастья коснулись Хоакина Мурьеты и его родных, он встал на путь жестокого мщения. Калифорния наполнилась криками умирающих американцев. Золотоискатели волей-неволей объединились, чтобы истребить Хоакина и его мексиканцев.
Miner at Grave
В 1848 году на лесопилке Саттера в Калифорнии нашли золото. Началась Золотая Лихорадка. Страну наводнили американские проходимцы, жадные до быстрой наживы. Проживавшим в Калифорнии мексиканцам пришлось несладко. Их сгоняли с родных земель, грабили, убивали. Когда несчастья коснулись Хоакина Мурьеты и его родных, он встал на путь жестокого мщения. Калифорния наполнилась криками умирающих американцев. Золотоискатели волей-неволей объединились, чтобы истребить Хоакина и его мексиканцев.
'Lefty'
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.
Gangster
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
Mug
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
Bartender
Джипо Нолан — бывший солдат Ирландской республиканской армии, который пытается утопить свое горе в бутылке. Он хочет сбежать из Дублина и начать новую жизнь вместе со своей женщиной. Когда британцы объявляют награду за информацию о местонахождении его лучшего друга, участника ИРА, Джипо сдает товарища. Он получает средства, позволяющие ему покинуть Ирландию, но сможет ли он сбежать от своей совести?
Beer Garden Manager (uncredited)
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Frank, a Henchman
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Collector (uncredited)
Главарь банды рэкетиров Пэтси Гарган, за помощь местному политикану в предвыборной компании по всем канонам ганстерской традиции — «Голосуй за нашего кандидата или готовь костыли.» в качестве вознаграждения получает должность заместителя директора в исправительной школе для малолетних преступников. Пэтси и не думал вникать в работу данного заведения, а сама должность интересовала его лишь как возможность регулярно получать заместительскую зарплату.
Но первый же приезд, который должен был стать последним в корне меняет отношение Пэтси. Увидев чудовищьные условия и жестокость персонала по отношению к детям, которых управляющий школой Томпсон и вовсе считает недочеловеками, показывая это всем своим видом, держась подчеркнуто высокомено по отношению к подопечным. Они для него отбросы общества, выходцы из трущоб, из неблагополучных семей, и Томпсон использует их как бесплатную рабочую скотину на производстве.
Sandy's Wrestling Trainer (uncredited)
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
Referee (uncredited)
Бывший чемпион мира по боксу, а теперь алкоголик, Энди Пёрселл живет простой жизнью отца-одиночки вместе со своим сыном Динком. Занимаясь его воспитанием, Энди сумел создать свой небольшой, но уютный для Динка мир. Однако все меняется, когда в их жизнь возвращается бывшая жена Энди, бросившая Динка после рождения...
Henchman Baldy (uncredited)
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.
Bob, Racetrack Tout in Speakesy (uncredited)
A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.
Henchman in Hayes' House (uncredited)
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Abe
The Sea God is an early sound melodrama about two men vying for Fay Wray and wealth in the South Pacific.
Bartender
A policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
Red Gillis
Ed King travels east to sell Pop Blake's cattle. While there Buck, another of Blake's hands, plans to rob Ed by using a local girl Ming Toy as a decoy. Ming Toy gets the money and returning empty handed, and before the other hands arrive, Ed is surprised to find Ming Toy return with the men.
Bartender
Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and his girlfriend, whom he marries.
Gateman
Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress Olga Baclanova (Freaks) on the eve of the big fight.
Bill the Guard (uncredited)
A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.
Tuxedo George
Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.
The Arkansaw Snake (as Robert Perry)
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
Gerber
This film concerns a youth torn between his fatherly gangland mentor and the beautiful, virtuous daughter of a police detective.
Ritzy Hogan
A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".
The Sheriff
Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has undeservedly earned the reputation as a killer canine. Thus, the human characters spend most of their time hunting down the dog in hopes of collecting a huge bounty.
Bucky O'Neill
A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.
Hard-Boiled Ryan (as Robert Perry)
A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.
Père Bénédict
Zabette de Chauvalons leaves a convent in Brussels to join her father on the island of Martinique, escorted by Père Bénédict. In St. Pierre she finds that her father has died; his widow, who rules the island's French society, believes Zabette to be the child of a beautiful quadroon with whom Zabette's father left for France; when Zabette is sent to the mulatto quarter, Stéphane Séquineau is present and takes an interest in her. Destitute, Zabette is forced to auction off her Paris fashions, and though Quembo, a cunning quadroon, is the highest bidder, Stéphane outbids him at the last minute and professes his love, which she accepts, believing herself to be une fille de couleur; however, his older brother, Maurice, insinuating that a mixed marriage would ruin him, persuades her to desist.
Nelse (as Robert Perry)
Jack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appear together again. Madeline Hammond, the sister of ranchman Al Hammond, arrives from the East. Gene Stewart, a rough and rowdy cowboy, convinces Madeline to marry him while he is on a drunken spree. Madeline sets out to reform him, and he sets out to rid their little section of the West of a band of outlaws.
Joe Dunn (as Robert Perry)
Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.
Creel
George Kirby steals a mining claim from Tom Curtis and forces him to become an outlaw. Years later, Curtis comes to the rescue when Anne Kirby is kidnapped by real outlaws, but when he finds out she is married to his enemy, he decides to hold her captive.
Crevay
Director Bernard J. Durning's silent seafaring romantic melodrama
Perry Summers, Glen's College Chum
Alice Marson, an eastern young lady, becomes engaged to Glen Arnold, a young man just out of college. Girl-like, she rushes to her friend, Lucy Starr, and tells of the engagement. Lucy, who also had designs on Glen, congratulates Alice, but determines to break up the match.